Credit markets are flashing warning signs for the AI infrastructure buildout, with CoreWeave's bond yield climbing above 16% and default-protection costs rising for AI-linked names including Nvidia, Broadcom and Oracle. With Wall Street expecting heavy borrowing to fund further expansion, financing costs are emerging as a key test of the capex boom's durability.
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Credit Default Swap
信用违约互换
A derivative contract that transfers the default risk of a bond or loan, whose price serves as a market signal of an entity's cr
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SoftBank has become a market proxy for AI capital spending through its $64.6B OpenAI stake, 90% ownership of Arm and data-centre developer SB Energy, yet its shares fell 10.8% on Friday as the cost of insuring its debt hit a four-year high. The company borrowed at record yields to fund the OpenAI position while OpenAI's IPO delay to 2027 pushes back any return; SB Energy's IPO filing projects $439B in contracted revenue despite operating no data centres and depending heavily on OpenAI.